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Data Sheet

Learning@Cisco

Deploying Cisco Service Provider Mobile Backhaul Solutions

The Deploying Cisco® Service Provider Mobile Backhaul Solutions (MOBBKHL300)

course1 is an instructor-led, lab-based, hands-on course offered by Learning@Cisco.

This course focuses on service provider mobile backhaul solutions to include instruction and lab exercises on

implementation, installation, and troubleshooting. It covers legacy mobile backhaul architectures and the Cisco

mobile backhaul solution including the Cisco ASR 920 Router, ASR 907 Router, and Cisco ASR 9000 Series

Routers. The end-to-end communication between devices as well as the configuration of those devices in particular

architectures is also reviewed.

Duration

Instructor-Led Training (ILT): 4 days

Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT): 5 days

Target Audience

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy Cisco Service Provider Mobile

Backhaul Solutions.

Targeted roles include:

● Network architects

● System engineers

● Field engineers

1 Course content is dynamic and subject to change without notice.

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Tasks and Features

The following tasks and features are described in the course:

● How to differentiate technologies and standards in legacy and Cisco IP architectures as they support a

service provider mobile network

● How to plan the paths and protocols used to forward traffic end-to-end across all Cisco mobile backhaul

devices

● How to configure the paths and protocols used to forward traffic end-to-end across all mobile backhaul

devices

● Understand why there is a need for legacy mobile backhaul support in our Multiprotocol Label Switching

(MPLS) and IP infrastructure

Course Prerequisites

● None

Recommended Prerequisites

Cisco recommends that you have the following prerequisite knowledge and skills:

● Understanding of IP-MPLS technologies

● Basic understanding of Quality-of-Service (QoS) deployment strategies

● Understanding of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) operations

● Understanding of Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) operations for Intermediate System-to-Intermediate

System (IS-IS) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocols

● Basic understanding of 2G, 3G, and 4G architectural attributes

● Basic understanding of technologies and procedures at a legacy cell site

Course Outline

● Module 1: Mobile Network Architecture

◦ Examining Mobile Backhaul Architecture

◦ Examining Foundational Principles of Radio Frequency

● Module 2: Mobile Backhaul End-to-End Communication

◦ MBH End-to-End Communication Basics

◦ Examining Cisco UMMT Architectures

◦ Cisco UMMT Service and Control Architectures

◦ Implementing Clocking and Timing

◦ Implementing Traffic Management

◦ Examining Migration Strategies for MBH

● Module 3: Configuring the Backhaul Network

◦ Configuring Cisco ASR Devices for MBH

◦ Configuring Core Layer Device

◦ Configuring Aggregation Layer Devices

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◦ Configuring Cisco RAN Layer Access Devices

◦ Configuring Advanced Features

● Module 4: Cisco Mobile Backhaul Legacy Configuration and Timing

◦ Mobile Backhaul Legacy Interoperability

◦ Synchronizing Backhaul Device Communication

Lab Outline

● Lab 1: Cisco RAN Network Discovery

◦ Task 1: Document Your Lab

◦ Task 2: Understanding Lab Network Routing

● Lab 2: Configuration Planning for MBH End-to-End IP Traffic Forwarding

◦ Task 1: Provide Network Documentation

● Lab 3: Configuration Planning for MBH End-to-End Timing and Clock Recovery

◦ Task 1: Provide Network Documentation

● Lab 4: Configuring Core for Multiarea IGP Design with Labeled BGP Access

◦ Task 1: Configure Mobile Transport Gateway Routers

◦ Task 2: Configure Core Route Reflectors

◦ Task 3: Configure Core Node Area Border Routers

● Lab 5: Configuration of Aggregation Devices

◦ Task 1: Configure Aggregation Devices

● Lab 6 Configuration of RAN Access Layer Devices for Multiarea IGP Design with Labeled BGP Access

◦ Task 1: Configure RAN Access Layer Devices

● Lab 7: SyncE and IEEE 1588v2 Timing Configuration

◦ Task 1: Configure SyncE

◦ Task 2: Configure Precision Time Protocol (1588v2)

● Lab 8: Pseudowire Configuration

◦ Task 1: ATM Pseudowire Configuration

◦ Task 2: TDM Pseudowire Configuration

◦ Task 3: APS Configuration

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Figure 1. Topology Used for All Labs in This Course

Lab Topology

The topology used in this course is shown here in Figure 1. The topology contains Cisco ASR 920, 907, 9001, and

9006 Routers and CSR 1000v Routers.

Registration Email

For more information about schedules and registration for this course, contact aeskt_registration@cisco.com.

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Website Addresses for More Information

For more information, visit the following websites:

● Cisco Learning Services for Cisco products and technologies: https://www.cisco.com/go/cls

● Security training: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/security.html

● Data center training: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/data-center.html

● Network management training: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/network-management.html

● Optical networking training: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/optical.html

● Service provider mobility training: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/mobile.html

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● Routing training for service providers: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-

services/technology/service-provider-routing.html

● Broadband video training for service providers: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-

events/resources/learning-services/technology/service-provider-video.html

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